minimum legal water temperature

[ash_scotland88]

Just wondering if for tenants if theres a minimum legal requiremtn for water coming out the shower?

It's for in Scotland if that makes a difference.


This is using a shower with the temperature turned up full in rented accomodation.

 

[kae2]

Out of the cold tap? No

 

[Casdawer]

Your doing it wrong.

 

[Fenris]

Are you serious?

Because it sounds a lot like you want to know if it's legal for water to be cold.

 

[JIM_BOB7813]

nm

 

[ash_scotland88]

Sorry meant for the hot water coming out of a shower.

 

[platypus]

It needs to be stored at 60oC to prevent Legionella's bacteria forming/surviving (ACoP L8). I doubt temperature of water at the tap is regulated.

 

[PapaLazaru]

I would stick some more coals on the burner tbh.

 

[Confused]

If it's a combi boiler, you should be able to adjust the temperature of the water when it comes out.

 

[MikeHunt79]

It needs to be stored at 60oC to prevent Legionella's disease (ACoP L8). I doubt temperature of water at the tap is regulated.

Would 50 be considered bad?

 

[bloodiedathame]

Worst 'I have a shower' thread ever.

Oh and 'lol', legal requirement! Serial?

 

[ash_scotland88]

It's a unite building so have no idea where the hot water tank is (in a locked cuboard or somewhere is my guess)
To my knowledge there's not an individual one for this flat.

 

[doofer]

The Scots shower?

 

[apatia77]

Use kettle and saucepans to boil some water then have a hot bath.

 

[ash_scotland88]

The Scots shower?

Not today, woke up late and couldnt even think about going into a cold shower.

Use kettle and saucepans to boil some water then have a hot bath.

Sadly cant have a bath, as it's just a shower cubicle.


Water from hot taps (bathroom and kitchen) are hot enough, if it makes any difference.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

It needs to be stored at 60oC to prevent Legionella's disease (ACoP L8). I doubt temperature of water at the tap is regulated.

Legionnaire's Disease, aka Legionellosis. Caused by the previously unnamed/known bacteria Legionella. Discovered in 1977 when everyone attending an event at the American Legion in Philadelphia caught it.

Not Legionella's disease

 

[lee32uk]

Ask for a new Shower ? Electric Showers work from a cold water supply, and then heat the water through a heating element.

 

[ash_scotland88]

Sadly can't, it's all plumped into the wall, taps/mixer then shower head come out the wall.

 

[Fr0dders]

Sadly can't, it's all plumped into the wall, taps/mixer then shower head come out the wall.

So its not an electric shower then ?

In which case the hot water must be coming from one of two places

1) a hot water storage tank

or

2) a combi boiler which heats the water as it goes through the boiler.

Do you have an airing cupboard with a hot water tank in it ?

 

[Fr0dders]

It's a unite building so have no idea where the hot water tank is (in a locked cuboard or somewhere is my guess)
To my knowledge there's not an individual one for this flat.

Right you most probably dont have one then

You have a combi boiler.

This heats up the water required for the shower from cold. It heats it as it runs through the boiler

Problem is this time of year, the mains water is very very cold which means its extra hard for the combi boiler to heat it up

Theres nothing that governs how hot the hot water has to be for a shower unfortunately. You can usually turn the power up on the boiler controls however.

you usually have to turn the power up in winter to get it to heat it more, and down in summer when the mains water warms up.

Otherwise if you left it at the same temperature in the summer you would burn yourself

I'm guessing you've not been in this flat long enough to figure out you need to swap the settings over ?

Find your boiler and turn the hot water temp up on it